Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It isn't possible for us to offer jobs at a lesser salary; we have the requirements for equal pay for work of equal value and we can't try and get around that without it impacting on our public service. So we could always look at and examine different ways of doing it, but it would appear, from the raw numbers, that the private sector has become more attractive to the summer students. In 2003, 1,600 students registered for summer jobs. The government hired 343 that year, the same as it did last year when we had only 700 registered. This year, to date, we've only had 600 students register looking for jobs with the GNWT. So it appears, Mr. Speaker, that the private sector is taking up a good deal of the slack and employing more of our summer students.
Charles Dent on Question 86-15(6): GNWT Summer Student Employment Program
In the Legislative Assembly on May 15th, 2007. See this statement in context.
Further Return To Question 86-15(6): GNWT Summer Student Employment Program
Question 86-15(6): GNWT Summer Student Employment Program
Item 7: Oral Questions
May 14th, 2007
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